Sustainable development

Es libro es una colleción de diez articulos cientificos que tratan diferentes aspectos de la Amazonia tales como el clima, uso de tierras, boques y madera, gente y biodiversidad, peces, agroforesteria, reservas naturales y politicas de desarrollo sostenible. Escritos por once de los más renombrados expertos del mundo, todos estos articulos aparecen por primera vez en idioma español. La mayoria de ellos, incluso, son inéditos.

This report approaches the discussions, findings and recommendations of the Conference along three basic thematic lines: exploring the macro environment as a framework for building equity in development; processes and concrete activities aimed at ensuring equity in development; and overcoming barriers to equity in development, with a special focus on the Iwokrama Programme.

Conservation can best be achieved when conservation values are part of the mainstream of society, when they “become part of everyone’s decisions” including government, private enterprise and the community as a whole. This was recognized by the more than 320 participants from Pacific island governments, Pacific and international organizations and community groups when they met in Rarotonga, Cook Islands in July 2002 for the 7th Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas.

This publication aims to shed some light on key issues related to biotechnology, trade and sustainable development by providing a balanced overview that is accessible to a wide range of actors in the trade and biotechnology communities. It is intended to be a tool to enable the different stakeholders to identify and articulate their priorities related to biotechnology, and balance these objectives against the various trade interests and obligations.

This collection of papers is aimed at providing those making and influencing policies at the intersection of biotechnology, trade and sustainability with a comprehensive overview of key policy areas - in Eastern Africa and beyond - to enable the formulation of coherent policies.

This overview document provides an introduction to the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme, its work to date, the principles and challenges of offset development, and the programme’s vision for the future.

This text examines the flaws in community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) and proposes remedies for many locations and circumstances; shows how CBNRM can be central to sustainable development and the conservation of biodiversity; and presents a wealth of case studies from southern Africa – the crucible of CBNRM development Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) refers to rural people managing and using natural resources to enhance their livelihoods.

This guide was developed to help address issues regarding resource consumption and environmental conservation, efficiency and competitiveness in enterprise management, and sustainable consumption and production. The case studies highlighted offer an ideal starting point in understanding the full environmental implications of products. This guide shows how a life cycle approach can be used to identify and reduce the environmental and health impacts of the products we use.